Welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast, hosted by historian Dr. Garrett Dirkmont,

where we explore the early days of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

and gain rare historical insights into how a young farm boy was able to establish a new church

and grow it by way of visions, manifestations,

and miracles.

Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Garrett

Dirkmont, and I'm joined by my friend Professor Richard

Ladook.

Thank you, Garrett.

In this week's podcast, we want to talk a little bit about baptism in the early church.

And to start things off, we wanted to reference an article that we read a couple of days

ago.

It's from an online article insider.

Matthew Lowe is the author.

And the title is,

A Catholic Priest in Arizona resigned after discovering

he'd incorrectly performed thousands of baptisms

for over 20 years.

Just a couple of excerpts from the article. A Catholic priest in

Phoenix has resigned after realizing he's been incorrectly performing baptisms for over 20 years,

rendering the right invalid for thousands of people. As he administered the ritual, the Reverend

Andreas Arango would say, we baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

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